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Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own.

Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    20·
    22 days ago

    Currently, Threads users can like the replies from other servers, but they can’t yet reply to them, as the feature is still in beta and under development.

    • arudesalad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      22 days ago

      It took around a year for a solo dev (and a couple contributors) to develop a fully federated platform. Why is it taking one of the largest companies on the planet this long to make such tiny changes that are useless anyway.

      And why are they releasing it like this instead of releasing everything at once?

      • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        22 days ago

        Because every step of the way, they need a flock of MBAs to figure out the answer to the question “How do we make money off of this?”

        • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
          10·
          22 days ago

          I’m rather guessing the other way around. Because they can’t directly extract money from this, they can’t justify to their shareholders to sit down full-time devs. Instead, this is a project solely run by interns and student.